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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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